National News

Four suspects held in Mastung

  • QUETTA, Nov 6 (APP): The law enforcement agencies have taken four suspects into custody from Mastung district, on Sunday on suspicion of having relations with a banned militant outfit, said a spokesman for Frontier Corps Balochistan here. He said that following intelligence tip-off, FC and Police launched search operation in Shamsabad area of Mastung district […]

  • December 18 to be celebrated as ” National Overseas Pakistanis Day”

    ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (APP): December 18 would be celebrated as`National Overseas Pakistanis Day’ to acknowledge the contributionof 8.4 million Pakistanis working abroad in terms of sending homeremittances. The proposed celebration of Overseas Pakistani Day on December18, every year will be a source of encouragement for the Pakistanicommunity abroad and highlight soft image of government departments,Grievance […]

  • Artist community endorses PEMRA initiative to ban Indian content

    ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (APP): Artist community has fully endorsed the decision taken by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority(PEMRA) to ban Direct To Home (DTH) service and Indian content. Famous Actor and Former Director General (DG) of PakistanNational Council of Arts (PNCA) Tauqeer Nasir talking to APP onTuesday said, “This decision should have been taken earlier, […]

  • Conduct of perpetrators of Jammu massacre remains unchanged

    ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (APP): Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani has said that the slaughtering of tens of thousands of Muslims in Jammu in 1947 is a brazen and most barbaric incident in the history of humankind. According to KMS, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar said, “All the areas […]

  • US man arrrested for holding woman chained confesses to seven killings

    MIAMI, Nov 6, (APP/AFP) – A man who was arrested in the US state of South Carolina for holding a woman hostage and “chained like a dog” has confessed to up to seven killings, a local sheriff said. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright told a press conference late Saturday that warrants were issued charging Todd […]

  • Indian troops resort to firing at Batal Sector

    RAWALPINDI Nov 6 (APP): Indian troops on Sunday resorted to firing in Battal sector at Line of Control (LOC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. According to Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistani troopsbefittingly responding to the unprovoked Indian firing. The firing was continued till the mid-day